The History of Scotland, Volume 6T. Ireland, junior, 1829 - Scotland |
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... effects of this union ; and I cannot but look upon . it as a peculiar happiness , that in my reign so full provision is made for the peace and quiet of my people , and for the security of our religion by so firm an establishment of the ...
... effects of this union ; and I cannot but look upon . it as a peculiar happiness , that in my reign so full provision is made for the peace and quiet of my people , and for the security of our religion by so firm an establishment of the ...
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... effect , portended the decline of whig influence in the cabinet , and cooled the zeal of those who had been friendly to the measure in Scotland , but now began to suspect they had been over sanguine in their anticipations . The ...
... effect , portended the decline of whig influence in the cabinet , and cooled the zeal of those who had been friendly to the measure in Scotland , but now began to suspect they had been over sanguine in their anticipations . The ...
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... effect any thing of importance . As upon the former occasion , the emissary attached himself to one section of the jacobites . He landed at Slaines castle , a seat of the earl of Errol's on the coast of Buchan , whither the countess ...
... effect any thing of importance . As upon the former occasion , the emissary attached himself to one section of the jacobites . He landed at Slaines castle , a seat of the earl of Errol's on the coast of Buchan , whither the countess ...
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... effect : " We , the underwritten peers and lords , having seen the full power given by his most christian majesty to colonel Hooke , do , in our own names , and in the name of the greatest part of this nation , whose dispositions are ...
... effect : " We , the underwritten peers and lords , having seen the full power given by his most christian majesty to colonel Hooke , do , in our own names , and in the name of the greatest part of this nation , whose dispositions are ...
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... effect his mission appeared to have produc- This letter , I apprehend , although it has found its way among Hooke's correspondence , must have been originally intended for the earl of Middleton , to be by him laid before the pretender ...
... effect his mission appeared to have produc- This letter , I apprehend , although it has found its way among Hooke's correspondence , must have been originally intended for the earl of Middleton , to be by him laid before the pretender ...
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Page 612 - For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake ; 30 Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
Page 571 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. 5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor.
Page 558 - This whole fabric hung, as it were, by a large tree, which reclined from the one end all along the roof to the other, and which gave it the name of the Cage, and by chance there happened to be two stones at a small distance from one another, in the side next the precipice, resembling the pillars of a chimney, where the fire was VOL.
Page 436 - Act, Declaration, and Testimony for the doctrine, worship, discipline, and government of the Church of Scotland, agreeable to the Word of God, the Confession of Faith, the National Covenant of Scotland, and the Solemn League and Covenant of the three nations...
Page 162 - ... shall be granted before the party produces a certificate of his having received the sacrament, according to the communion of the Church of England, within the last year, and also subscribed the oaths of allegiance and supremacy.
Page 441 - He said, that by wrapping myself so close in my plaid, I would be unprepared for any sudden defence in the case of a surprise. I answered, that in such times of danger or during a war, we had a different method of using the plaid...
Page 132 - Majesty with advice aforesaid expressly declares and statutes that none of the subjects of this kingdom shall be liable to, but all and every one of them for ever free of, any oath, test or subscription within this kingdom contrary to or inconsistent with the foresaid true Protestant religion and Presbyterian Church government, worship and discipline as above established...
Page 418 - Leuconomus (beneath well-sounding Greek , I slur a name a poet must not speak) Stood pilloried on infamy's high stage, And bore the pelting scorn of half an age ; The very butt of slander, and the blot For every dart that malice ever shot.
Page 199 - Ye was in the right not to come with the hundred men ye sent up to-night, when I expected four times the number. It is a pretty thing, when all the Highlands of Scotland are now rising upon their king and country's account, as I have accounts from them since they were with me, and the gentlemen of our neighbouring lowlands expecting us down to join them, that my men should be only refractory.